Memories of a future home : diasporic citizenship of Chinese in Panama

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Memories of a future home : diasporic citizenship of Chinese in Panama

Lok C.D. Siu

Stanford University Press, 2005

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-240) and index

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While the history of Asian migration to Latin America is well documented, we know little about the contemporary experience of diasporic Asians in this part of the world. Memories of a Future Home offers an intimate look at how diasporic Chinese in Panama construct a home and create a sense of belonging as they inhabit the interstices of several cultural-national formations-Panama, their nation of residence; China/Taiwan, their ethnic homeland; and the United States, the colonial force. Juxtaposing the concepts of diaspora and citizenship, this book offers an innovative framework to help us understand how diasporic subjects engage the politics of cultural and political belonging in a transnational context. It does so by examining the interaction between continually shifting geopolitical dynamics, as well as the maneuvers undertaken by diasporic people to negotiate and transform those conditions. In essence, this book explores the contingent citizenship experienced by diasporic Chinese and their efforts to imagine and construct "home" in diaspora.

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Contents Acknowledgments ix Preface xiii Introduction: Diasporic Citizenship 1 1. Prohibited Race/Ideal Citizens: The Social History and Background of the Chinese in Panama 33 2. The Queen of the Chinese Colony: Contesting Nationalism, En-Gendering Diaspora 54 3. Migration Stories: Serial Migration and the Production of Home and Identity in Diaspora 86 4. Home at the Intersection of Nations: Between Panama, China, and the United States 113 5. Immigrant Dreams and Nightmares: Remaking Community Amid New Migrations 136 6. "Good-bye, Uncle Sam, Hello, Uncle Chang": Globalization, the China- Taiwan Conflict, and the Racialization of Chineseness 164 Conclusion: Toward a Framework for the Study of Asians in the Americas 195 Epilogue: "The Chinese Century"--Redefining Panamanian National Identity 209 Notes 215 References 227 Index 241

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